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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1908)
SENATOR FROM Kioto l)jr MofTett Btmllo, Chicago. Elmer J. Burkett was elected United States senator from Nebraska for the six-year term, beginning In 1905, having been a congressman for six years previous. Mr. Burkett Is an lowan by birth, but Is a graduate of the State University of Nebraska at Lincoln where he has resided ever since. He Is 41 years old. TIMBER FINISH NEAR EXPERTS SEE END OF NATURAL RESOURCES BY YEAR 2000. Present Pace Is Declared Fearful Drain and Conservation is Urged as the Country's Pres.' ent Need. Washington. Government exports and stntlBtlcinns, who havo given years of careful thought and study to tho subject, are In accord that the im portant and pressing question of tho times is tho problem of tho country's natural resources. Thirty yenrs Is tho limit sot, If tho present rate is kept up, when all the remaining virgin timber will be cut. Tho end of tho century will seo tho avnilablo supply of coal greatly re duced If not entirely exhausted. Tho country Is wasting not less than 1,000, 000,000 cubic foot of natural gas dally, tho heating value of which is roughly equivalent to that of 1,000,000 bushols. of coal. Tho supply of Iron, of which tho United States furnished last year about ono-half tho production of tho ontlro world, is so far from Inoxhaustl bio that It seems as If Iron and coal might brj1 united In their disappear ance from common lfio. With tho disappearance of tho for ests, tho check Is being removed that rotards tho flow of tho water, with tho result that tho rains run oft quickly into tho rivers and thence Into tho sea; It Is an old French saying that if thoro aro no forests there aro no riv ers. Even the soil is being exhausted, by single-cropping and scanty fertiliza tion; every year 1,000,000,000 tons of tho richest soil matter Is swept from tho surface of tho farms not properly protected, and dumped Into the sea. Tho suppositions of tho scientists that futuro generations will witness DAM NEARLY READY BIG STRUCTURE ON SALT RIVER HELPS OUT THE ROOSEVELT. Granite Reef Barrier In Arizona Will Divert Great Stream and Supple ment Irrigation Project of Great Importance. Los Angeles, Cal. One of tho great est of tho group of reclamation enter prises now under way In tho greut arid southwest Is tho Granite Heef di version project, now about completed, by which It Is plannel to Irrigate 200, 000 ncres of arid desert land about Phoenix, Ariz. Within a fow weeks hundreds of thousands of gallons of water will be turned Into the great canals of Arizona by this giant diverting dam on Salt river a supplementary undertaking to tho big Hoosovolt dam, CO miles far ther up tho river. Tho'ltoosovolt dam Is 388 feet high from tho deepest point to the top and will keep back water, giving 200 feet depth nt tho dam, and Is supposed to hold 7,000,000 acre foot of wator. Ac cording to tho present rate of rain, fall It will take about six years lo fill tho vast reservoir back of tho dam. Tho Granlto ltoef dam Is 1,000 feet long between tho gates to tho canals, and Its purpose Is not to Impound wu ter to any great extent, but to divert tho rainfall above as it may occur, V '- down tho Salt rlvor, and also to (ii..u,io tho waters from tho ltoosovelt dnm, dlvurung tho mighty volumo into two streams or cni.nl' ono flowing from elthor sldo of the Granlto Reef dnm. These canals uro 70 fot wide nt tho bottom nnd 10 feet deep. 1 !. aro fortified with cemont linlny wht 1mC.J. NEBRASKA tho failure of (ho most Important of tho natural resources, It Is declared, aro not Imaginary. Treadwoll tllovo land, Jr., of tho United States forest service, on this subject said: "Wo need to look only a very little way ahead, as things aro going now, In order to boo thorn realized. Truo, tho failure of tho resources will not como suddenly, and such of our resources as can bo renewed need novcr fnll If wo use them wisely. Hut tho exhaustible resources, chiof among which nro tho mines, aro coming to nn end as cer tainly as If tho end wore to-day, whllo thoso resources whoso exhaustion is duo not to necessity but to folly, havo no futuro unless wo Insuro it by our own provision." Tho bureau of forestry has Just Is sued a monograph on tho subject of conserving tho natural resources. It was edited by Mr. Cleveland, and Is entitled "A Primer of Conservation." The primer summarizes In brlof shapo tho wholo movement for the husband ing of tho nation's natural resources, and, in view of tho bigness of tho sub ject and tho approaching sessions of tho national conservation commis sion, Is of exceeding Interest. Statistics are given in tho primer showing tho extent of past wasto In tho uso of tho natural wealth of tho country, nnd quotes a largo numbor of men prominent in national affairs, who urgo using tho natural riches of tho country with more prudenco hereafter. It shows how tho conservation movement began with tho establish ment of tho natloiial forest policy, and with tho growing realization of the possibility of the oxhaiiBtlon of tho other natural resources thnn tho for ests, especially after tho Investiga tions of tho lnlnnd waterways commis sion last year, broadoned until It em braced all tho material resources upon which the industries nnd civilization of tho country rest. Tho work of tho Granlto Reef dam Is under tho supervision of L. C. IIIU, reclamation engineer, working undor government Instructions, under tho reclamation net. Tho ontcrprlso was originally undertaken by nn Irrigation company, but Its methods wcro not up to dato, and its progress unsatlsfac tory to tho government. Although a great number of homo steadors had settled In tho region sup posed to bo Irrigated from tho sourco, tho supply of water was so Irregulur and unsatisfactory, becnuso of tho In PRESIDENTS ROOM AT I'btlo It Wldon l.-tt. Private reception room " ; 'he states in the new 30,000,000 railroad station recently completed et Washing ton. The station Is conceded to be the finest in the world. adequate service, tin. manr of tho settlers woro compelled to loao. Then tho government stoppod In, bought out tho Irrigation company for $320,000, nnd Immediately started operations to mnke tho work a permanent nnd bonoflclnl concern. It la tho plan, under tho reclamation act, for tho cost of tho gigantic under taking to bo pnld by tho owners of tho lnnd benefited, they being required to meet n charge for water of $30 an ncro irrigated, payablo In ton equal an nual Instalments. It Is. ngreed, however, that tho ori ginal holders of laud who had alrendy paid tho irrigation company for tho service will not bo required to pay tho government anything excopt tho small annual malntcnnuco tax, which all beneficiaries will pay over and nbovo tho assessment for wiping out tho cost to tho govornmcnt of tho work Itself. Tho Importnnco of this work of tho reclamation sorvlco cannot bo exag gerated. What prlvato compnnlcB failed miserably to accomplish, tho government Is doing surely and swift ly. Tho dosort Is to bo reclaimed and tho natural wealth of Arizona In creased by untold millions through tho ltoosovelt and Granlto Reef dnms. This work will recolvo much attention' during tho Irrigation congress at Albu-, querque. I CANDY BILL IS $130,000,000. Enormous Sum Spent Yearly by the Americans Is 8hown In Figures. Now York. An example of tho enor mous sums which tho Ameiicnn peo plo spend nnniytlly on luxuries Is shown by tho stntemont In tho current number of tho ConfectlonoiB' and Linkers' Gazette, to tho effect that tho wholcsalo valuo of tho candy output In tho United Stntes for tho current year will exceed SIOO.000',000. Tho cost to tho consumers will run fully' $30,000,000 In excess of this sum, thus ropresontlng tho prollts of Jobbers and retailors. According to tho United Stntes cen sus figures, tho capital Invested In tho manurncturo of confectionery was $8, 480,874 In 1880. This had Increased In 1800 to $23,320,70, In 1900 to $20, 319,195 nnd In 190G to $43,125,408. Tho cost of mntorlals used has increased from $17,125,75 In 1880 to $31,11G,029 In 1890 to $23,32G,799, In 1900 to' $20, $48,810,342 In 1905. At tho present tlmo thoro nro ap proximately 1,500 factorlos engaged In this work. According to Henry W. Hoops, pres ident of tho Natlonnl Confectioners' association, peoplo in tho trndo Ilguro tho avorago valuo of tho finished prod uct at tho factory at 15 cents a pound, so that tho cstlmato of $100,000,000 for tho product this year would mean an output of approximately CG7,000,000 pounds of candy, or nonrly eight and n half pounds per annum for ovory man, woman and child In tho United States. STUDIES NEEDS OF FARMERS. Girl Walks 8,000 Miles in Ohio View-! Ing Rural Conditions. 1 Norwnlk, O. Miss Eva Cornwoll of Wnkeman has Just completed a ro mnrkablo tour over Ohio. In ton months she has walked 8,900 miles, all within tho state, and mado a study of tho conditions In rural communities which would bo Invaluablo to Presi dent Roosovolt In his effort to bettor tho condition of tho farmers. Tho walk, which began on a wager, covered 37 counties, hundreds of towns and villages, and carried MIbb Cornwell Into almost every typo of homo within tho stnto. Hor avorago day's Journoy was 25 miles; on many dnys sho walked ns many ns 40 miles. "I found tho trip a great bonoilt," sho declares. "It strengthened mo mentally ns well as physically. It showed mo that tho Ono thing tho farmer most needs Is Intellectual de velopment that has not kopt pneo with IiIb material well' being. Farm ers take things too Buporflclnlly, avoiding discussions and studies that require concentration and deep thought." Gets Big Price for Lego. San Jose, Cal. Tho Jury In tho milt of Gcorgo C. White ngalnst tho South ern Pacific Company returned a ver dict In favor of tho plaintiff for $35, 255 dnmages. White, who was an em ploye In tho company, lost both logs In tho nccldont In tho yards of tho company nt Gllroy soveral months ago, duo, ho nllcged, to tho negligence of tho company. RAILWAY STATION sole use of the president of the United DOWN MISSOURI WAY CANADA'S RESPECT FOR LAW AND ORDER THE SUBJECT FOR FAVORABLE COMMENT. Thoso who havo visited Cannda nro nlways Impressed with tho strict ob- Borvanco that Is given to tho laws of tho country, nnd tho ordor that is preserved everywhere. Tho editor of tho Gazette, of Fulton, Nov., recently paid a visit to Western Canada. Ho was so Impressed with tho conditions that ho saw overywhero, that on his roturn homo ho was Inspired to wrlto nB follows: "Rovcrcnco nnd rospect for law Is a dominant characteristic of Iho Canadian peoplo. Whorevor 0110 goes In Canada, whether east or west, tho law la supreme. Tho law Is oboyed becauso It Is law, soomlngly, nnd not becnuso violation carries n penalty. Cnnadti enforces tho law and makes ovory law effective No coun try is moro frco than Canada. In nanio Canada Is n depondoncy of tho Hrlt ish Crown. In fact, It Is almost n third republic. All Ita tnxos nro voted, collected nnd oxponded by tho Domin ion and tho provinces. Tho nominal head of tho Govornmont Is tho Gov ernor General, appointed by tho Eng lish Crown. Practically his only au thority Is to voto tho acts of parlia ment, which ho scarcely over oxor clsos. Canada gives nothing to tho Bupport of tho English government or tho English king. Sho gives England tho ndvantngo In trndo rogulntlous and tariff laws, and In roturn receives tho protection of tho Hrltlsh army nnd navy. Canada onjoys tho protection without sharing lu tho oxpenso. "Tho Balo of- liquor la strictly regu lated. Nono but hotol-keopora may obtain Hccnso to vend tho stuff, and beforo a llconso can bo secured an ap plicant must provo good chnractor and provldo twenty rooms In his tavern for tho accommodation of gnosis. Tho bar-rooms closo nt 7 o'clock Saturday ovcnlng nnd remain closed until Mon day morning. Tho schools nnd churchen in Western Cnnnda cxclto admiration. Though now, Western Canada lo not godless. Tho finest buildings In ovory town nro tho churches. Next como tho school houses." Turning to tho wheat Holds of West ern Cannda, tho editor of tho Lnurol (Nob.) Advocate of Sept. 17th says: "I havo often thought that tho reason that tho diameters of Charles Dickens nro bo Impressed upon tho minds of his renders Is becauao ho dwells upon them bo long nnd de scribes them bo mlnutoly that by tho tlmo ono has waded through hla long drawn out stories they aro no burned Into his brain that ho can uovor forgot thorn. It was this way with tho Cana dian whent fields. Had wo only kocii a fow tho memory of thorn might havo worn away In tlmo, but n long drawn out oxpcrlenco such ub wo had Is suro to leavo an unoffaccablo lm prosslon. Ncvor whllo wo Hvo shall wo forgot tho Canadian wheat Holds. Thoy call it tho grannry of tho Brit ish Empire, and wo don't blnmo 'om. Nobody who has Been thoso wheat fields can wonder at their onthuslaBin." It Is worth whllo to record that thoso fields hnvo now bcon hnrvoatod, and In many cases yields as high as forty and fifty bushols per ncro havo boon marketed, whllo tho gonornl nverago has been away abovo 20 bushels per ncro. Oats and barley havo also dono well, and tho profits, tho prices of grains being high, havo paid tho ontlro cost of tho farms of mnny a fnrmor. Thoro is now 100 ncres of land given awny, in addition to tho 1C0 ncres that tho homesteader may purchaso nt $3.00 an aero. Particu lars of this ns woll as tho lowest rail way rates will bo given by tho Cana dian Government Agent. THE DIFFERENCE. Jones You novcr hear of a fat criminal, do you? none3 Cortnlnly not. Look how difficult It would bo for n stout person to Btoop to anything lowl State or Ohio Citt or ToLruo, 1 I.UCAJI COUNTT, f Frank J, Ciu'Ntir irmkrH 0MI1 that lie It wnlot partner ol tho linn o( r. J. Ciiknkt A Co.. doing bufllnrM In tho City til Toledo. County and Mate afoniuiUI. nml that all firm will pay tho mm ol O.N'i; IIUNIJUUI) DOI.r.AHH for tarti nnd every cuho of Cataiiiiii that rannol 1, turul by thu uso ol HALL'S CATAIIIIII CUItE. FIMWC 1. ClintfRV. Sworn to he foro mo and nitiicrlocd In tny pretence, UiU cth day ot December, A. 1)., laM. 1 ) A. W. OMIABON', 1 lii f NoTAitr nrul.ic, Hall'i Catarrh Cure U taken Internally And act.i directly upon llio blond and mtitoui surfaces ot tho system, twnu lor tuiimonuM, tree. v. i. nn:.Ni:v a co Toledo, o Paid by all DruKclnui, 7 Sc. Take. Hall'i l'amlly 1'IIU tor constipation It was at Dorby, England, that the members of tho Society of Friends wero first called Quakers, and tho church thero has Just obsorved Its cen tennial. Lewis' Single Hinder costs moro tlmn other 5c cigars. Siiiokcm know why. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111. A man who Is continually .breaking bio promises soon goes to plecos. Mr. WlntIniT'0 Hnnthlne; Hjrup. Kor children toethlnv, softens tho irurui, reduces In. auamsllou, allays puln, cure wind collu. Sac a bottlu. How wo dlallko to accept a favor from a person wo dlallko! PUTNAM FADELESS DYES Color more poodi brloMr and latter colors than any other die. Ono lOo packaoo colors all fibers. They dye In cold water belter than any other dye. Voji can dys ttfl j BMsienf without ripping apart Wrlto l?rlroebooMt-llow to Dye, Uleach and Mix Colon. MONROE Ottua CO., Qutnoy, illlnolu. Immigration and Emigration. In nine months of tho current year 310,000 nllons onmo to this country and 670,000 foreign-born peoplo wont back to Europe During tho similar porlod of last year Ihcro arrived In America 1,135,000 aliens, whllo thoso who departed from thoso Bhorcs num bered only 330.000. How Rows Begin. "Hubby, I dreamed last night that that you didn't lovo mo." "How foolish you nro." "Foolish, am I? As If I could help what I droam aboutl" Ami tho fight was on. Pottlt's Eva Salve for 25c. Relievo tlrr-d, cotiRCiited, inflamed nnd oro cyo, quickly nton cvo delicti. All druggists or Howard Uros., linlfalo, N. Y. Monoy Isn't everything In tho world, but It's difficult to rcallzo this fully unless you havo monoy. oi always get full vnluo In Lewis' Pinclo Hinder might R) cigar. Your dealer or lvi' Factory, Peoria, 111. Annchnrsls: Lawn catch files nnd lot hornets go frco. ALC011OL-3 PER CENT AYegctablc Preparation Tor As Ihc Stomachs nnd Bowels or Promotes DigcslioCliccrful ncssnmlRcst.Conlnlns neither Opium.Morphinc nor Mineral Not Narc otxc AW tfOMDrSANVUItTttBR Jiyp!in Sua AMtft Sifts hvfrnint -Horm Srtd -n'mlirftim 'Alt or A perfect Remedy forConslifKV lion , Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness and LOSS OF SLEEP Facsimile Signature of Tub Ccntauii Company, NEW VORK. Guaranteed uiitlcr tho Foodaw Exact Copy of Wrapper. COLDS FROM EXPOSURE to nil kinds of inclement weather arc of auch com mon occurrence that they arc not generally consid ered dangerous. This is a great mistake. 'Serious illness often follows in the wake of a neglected cold. DR.D.JAYNES has been successful for seventy eight years in curing Colds, Couglin, Bronchitis, nnd Pleu risy. It is also a standard remedy for Croup, Whooplng Cough, Inflammation of the Lungs or Chest and Asthma. Cure your cold now go to your druggist's and get a bottlo of Dr. D. Jaync's Expectorant. Three sizes, $1.00, SOc. and 25c. Dr. D. Jayne't Tonic Vormlfurfo wilt build you up uplendldly if ' run dawn" from a icvera cold. DIIFIANGE Gold Water Starch ttiu ids liiunilry worlt u plousuru. 10 oz. pkc- KM 1 kaatAfcK Ml iRil Expect CHRONIC CHEST COMPLAINTS ol the oiott terioui cU-xter have been permanently cured with Piio'i Cure. Coughi, coldt, lioarieneii, broncJntU end asthma quickly rcipond to iu healing influence. II you have a cough or cold, il you are lioauo or have difficulty with your breathing, get a bolllo ol Pito's Cure. Imme diate benefit follow the firit dote. Continued uso generally briagi com plete relief. For neatly hall a century Pito' Cure hai been demonitraling that the most advanced (armi of coughs, colds and chronic chest complalnU CAN BE CURED m Gnua Cloansos lliostcm Effect ually, Dispels Lolcls ami Head anlies duo to Constipation; Acts naturally, acts truly as a Laxative. Dost fbrMenwmpn nnu CKila -young and OlrL lo ct its Bcnqjicial Effects Always l)uy the benu'mc wlucli has iho jull namu qjihe Com pany 1 CALIFORNIA Fio Strup Co. , byttliom it U ninmtfacturctl, printed on the Iron! ol rvory pnehnge. SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGIST CHe size only, regular prico 50tp--botllow GASTORIA For Infanta and Childron. The Kind You Have Always Bough! In Use Over Thirty Years GASTORIA tmi oiitTiun eoMMMr, hiw torn orrv. Western Canada MORE DIG CROPO IN 1008 Another 60,000 set tlers from tho United States. New dis tricts opened for set tlement. 320 acres of land to each set tlor, 100 free hoi. estcad and 160 tit $3.00 per acre. "A vnt rich country nnd a contented prot peroin people." -lixtract from cotrtitenJtHtt ef .1 KitUonul EdUor, ivkou vlil It Wnttrn CuHitJa, in August, 100S, wit an imitrutien. Many have paid tho entire cost of their farms und had a balance of from $10.00 to $20.00 per acre as a result of one crop. Spring wheat, winter whent, oats, barley, flax nnd peas nro the principal crops, while the wild grasses bring toi perfection the best cattle that have ever been sold on the Chicago market. Splendid climate, schools and churches In all localities. Railways touch most of the ucttled districts, and prices for produce are ulwnys good. Lands may nlso be pur chased from railway nnd land companies. Por pamphlets, maps and information regarding low railway rates, apply to Superlntandent of lmmlgrtlcn Ottnwn, Cannda or to the nuthorlicd Canadian Oov't Acenti W.V. DENNETT, SOI New York Lite Dulldlnf , "mailt, Ncbriits. PARKER'S HAIR OAL8AM ninnwi end tnutin U bill, l'romctfi a luiuiltnt (truwth. HitTer P1U to lleitore Oray JUIr to Ita Youthful Color. Cure teal ictip mitftwi a ntir rail j line. Auciiiaiijuuit urupnitt For fnmoiiH and delicious uiiiidlrit nnd chocolate, wrlto to the maker for cut. nloir, wholetmla or retail, Gunther'e Confectionery 212 Stmts Street. Chlcijo, lit. DEFIANCE STARCH never atlck to tho Iron. "iUSJlS I Thompson's Eyo Water W. N. U., OMAHA, NO. 4B, 1908. Bears tho . Signature XaJI For CANDY